Mixed success for Leipzig's futuristic Turandot

Par Hugo Shirley, 23 octobre 2016

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“Martin Petzold’s strongly-sung Emperor Altoum, unhinged and distinctly unimperious”

Critique faite à Oper Leipzig, Leipzig, le 22 octobre 2016

Puccini, Turandot

Oper Leipzig

Matthias Foremny, Direction

Balázs Kovalik, Mise en scène

Heike Scheele, Décors

Sebastian Ellrich, Costumes

Jennifer Wilson, Turandot

Leonardo Caimi, Calaf

Olena Tokar, Liù

Randall Jakobsh, Timur

Martin Petzold, Empereur Altoum

Jürgen Kurth, Ping

Dan Karlström, Pang

Sergey Pisarev, Pong

Sejong Chang, Mandarin

Opernchor Leipzig

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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Jean Landras, 23rd March

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Two notable debuts dominate Oper Leipzig's notable Lady Macbeth revival: Kristine Opolais as Katerina and Andris Nelsons in the pit.

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Ako Imamura, 14th July

Ulf Schirmer bows out as General Music Director as the last of Wagner's 13 operas completes a successful Festival Wagner 22 in Leipzig.

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Michael Vieth, 26th June

Calixto Bieitos eigenwillige Sichtweise rundete sich mit Ulf Schirmers Dirigat zu einem Epos zwischen Melancholie und Apokalypse.

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Ako Imamura, 26th March

A new production of Lohengrin at Oper Leipzig is conceived as an intimate chamber opera and succeeds with brilliant musical performances.

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Deutsche Geschichte für Reingefallene: neue Meistersinger in Leipzig

Alexandra Richter, 23rd October

David Pountneys Meistersinger enttäuschen mit einer an Geschichtsverständnis mangelnden und trägen Inszenierung, die aber immerhin stimmliche Glanzmomente liefert.

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Hugo Shirley

Hugo Shirley is a Berlin-based writer and musicologist. He has written widely as a critic in the UK, including for The Spectator, the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph, and has held editorial posts at both Opera and Gramophone. He was editor of 30-Second Opera (Ivy Press, 2015) and has a PhD in musicology from King's College London, where his thesis focused on Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten.